The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
THE THREE BLACKG YARDS.

"''''''""t anu We paruCuhulNc us W luc
latter for the reason that their silence gives
approval to the expressions OF the Three
Blackguards OF American politics: Shcr-
man, their Senator; Foraker, their Govern
or; and tho Commercial Gazette, tho nc
ccptcd cxpositor OF the Ohio Republican
idea. II has rarely occurred in tho history
Of the world that the victor In battle leaves
the field with heart full Of hate for the van
pushed, especially when the latter con-
fcsscs to defeat and accepts unrscryedly
and heartily the conditions slakcd upon
the issue Of the fight But II Is not so
with the Ohio Republicans. With
them hate springs eternal in the
breast II has not mattered TO them
that Lincoln urged reconciliation; that
Greeley pledged himself that the war was
over in '05; that Grant plead for peace,
and upon his dcathbcd iorcsaw and fore
told the merging of the northern and south
crn people In common aspirations II las
not maitercd 10 them that the men most
truly representative. Of the south have
time and again shown citation at tho sug-
gcs;ion Of u foreign war In order that the
southern people might demonstrate their
icalty 10 the Star-Spanglcd Banner and
prove the sincerity Of their patriotic pro
LESSONS by hcroism IN arms It has not
mnticrcd 10 them that northern men and
northern capital havc been welcomed to
the south and have been accorded every
hospilablc accommodation. These things
have no weight with the Ohio
Republicans, who persist in sacri-
ficing fraternity upon the altar OF n
rancoIous sectionalism, When Sherman
came 10 the south he was, nj every point
lac lifted his voice advocating Republican
doctrine, given courteous hearing. The
people gave him opportunity, and the
! press met him respectfully. When Kelley
came to do likewise, there was kindly en-
torinumcnt In all quarters When Hayes
made his tour, dozen ycars after the war,
Il Wa in the south that lao found the most
cordial reception. Thus ii is aud has ever
been. AZ NIL times, since AppomattoN,
the people Of the south have insisted, by
every means possible 10 attest their SINGER
iiy, that thoy wcrc In the Union Ia stay,
To live by II aud 10 die by II, world without
end. Int whom Gordon, Of Georgia he
who stood 10y lees side twenty-five years
and mop ago aud accepted the terms
tina, Gran, made, and turned 10 his
soiiicrs and bade them, go to their homes
and enter anew Into the life Of restored
Union when Gordon, Of Georgia, We say,
went into Ohio two weeks ago to preach
the gospel OF n complete reconciliation, the
Republicans Of Ohio, led by tho Three
lilackguarls, covered him with coniume-
ly. baiiod him and bNlgred him, dcridcd
him aud achlcd him, aud spa upon his
proiIcrcd open hand Contemplating this
contrast Of northern aud southern per.
iormancc under like conditions, well ma,
II l,c asked Who Is loyalY Where Ia then
rcbcllionT Aud the answer Is inevitable
that II, within tile circumference Of th'
United States there Is rebellion or dis
loyalty anywhere, II is In Ohio. the DO
main Of those apostles OF sectional hat
~ an agency OF political dcyiltry lh'
Thrcc Blackgunrl. Mother in Massa
chusciis nor In Minnesota, neither d
Pennsylvania not In Vermont, neither IL
Michigan nor In Montana, would John !
Gordon have bccn NJ UNANIMOUSLY treated
In Ohio alone. IN this year of grace, 1887
when thcr arc hundreds OF thousands a
voters who we've unborn when the wa
closed Is such demonstration II "chir
iiy lcr none and malice for all' possible
In that quarter alone, Of all the land, n
thought possible to make votes by Willy
ing southern men and refusing to accrp
southern plcdgas. suppose the soull
should interpret the Ohio disposition I
he the disposition Of the whole north
How long would Il take Ia rcsior
, tie union OF hearts, hut the soutl
, makes no such generalization.
b remembers Lincoln and Gpclcy an
I Grant. II wmcmbcn that the
2 accepted in good faith the dcclamiio
oi the south that ~ Gar "a Il was con
ccrncd, the Union oi Webster would fol
ever bc IT, Union II believes that ia
sentiment Of Lincoln aud Grclcy an,
= Grant Is still the sentiment Of the grca
body Of the north. Aud thus rmcmbcl
ing aud believing, Il can afford To ignoI
tie THREE Blnckgumis OF Ohio. The
!. want the south Ia rebel again, aud ior th'
q rcason they rebel against reconciliation
ia They spam no art Of dcviltry Ia r-onkndI
!. In the south the iirr Of sectional passion
. To this end no IT, h too malicious ior thcl
= 10 utter, mo- indeccncy too nagrantiur thoi
10 commit They taunt they prod, the
misinicrprct, they swagrrr, they hcllo
: and they naim, the slpuds Of dead issu,
u al that they may ~ try the sense
u southern -lirspcct that thcU may i
y bitter angry polcs, and mconsdcra'
u demonstration 81 passion. Hut the soutl